Cinema
Kin
Родня
Nikita Mikhalkov · 1981
Synopsis
Maria Konovalova, an energetic peasant woman, takes the train to go and see her daughter Nina and her granddaughter Irichka, whom she adores, in the city; on the way, she gets to know an engineer, Yuri Lyapin. She finds a broken family: Nina has separated from her husband, Stasik. Full of kindness but naive, Maria sets about putting everything right, reconciling her daughter with her husband, bringing up the little girl and helping her own former husband stop drinking.
Context
The screenplay is by Viktor Merezhko, the photography by Pavel Lebeshev and the music by Eduard Artemyev. Nonna Mordyukova plays Maria, with Svetlana Kryuchkova as her daughter, Ivan Bortnik as her former husband and Oleg Menshikov. Produced by Mosfilm, the film dates from 1981 according to the studio itself; the Grand Action presents it as a satirical comedy about love and the westernisation of Russia.
Who it is for
A dramatic comedy of an hour and a half, carried by its lead actress, for those who like family portraits.
Prizes and reception
According to the Mosfilm studio, a drama about a simple woman who, out of kindness and naivety, meddles in the lives of her family.